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<div id="pastingspan1"><span style="">When he was 18 years old, Nick Nasrollahi escaped religious persecution in Iran to pursue a new life in the United States. When he arrived in America as a refugee, Nasrollahi attended college and got a job in the fast-food industry<span style="115%; Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;minor-latin; Calibri;minor-latin;minor-latin;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;minor-bidi;EN-US;EN-US;AR-SA">&#8212;</span>a career he hasn&#8217;t left. He needed a part-time job while he was in school but after 11 promotions in the span of a couple of years, he thought maybe he should look into a career in management.</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="">Today, Nasrollahi is the chief operating officer of Food in the Fast Lane and owns six <a href="http://checkers.1851franchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=vegas-inc-former-refugee-is-living-the-american-dream-with-checkers-rallys-3003" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Checkers</a> locations with a seventh on the way. He doesn&#8217;t intend to stop there.</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="">&#8220;I see the company owning and operating 20 or more restaurants, and supporting the community through business ownership,&#8221; Nasrollahi said.</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="">Even with 25 years of experience in the industry under his belt, Nasrollahi is still learning and living.&nbsp;</span><span style="">&#8220;What happens to us in life is just 10 percent; 90 percent is how we react to it.&#8221;</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="">To read the original story, visit <a href="http://vegasinc.com/business/2015/nov/30/former-refugee-is-living-an-american-dream/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=vegas-inc-former-refugee-is-living-the-american-dream-with-checkers-rallys-3003" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VegasInc.com</a>.</span></div>

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